Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" And Sir Philip Sidney Of Sonnet 31 From Astrophel And Stella: The Moon
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Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" and Sir Philip Sidney of Sonnet 31 from
Astrophel and Stella: The Moon
An object can represent many different things to many different
people. One object of interest is the moon. Philip Larkin, the speaker of
Sad Steps, and Sir Philip Sidney, speaker of sonnet 31 from ....
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.... Those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess?” (line 13-14). Sir
Philip Sideney believes that the answers to these questions can be found
out from the moon, for the moon is omniscient. He further believes that
the moon “can judge of love”, and can solve his love troubles, as a “
lozenge of love” (Sad Steps, line 11) would. Sir Philip Sidney's attitude
toward the moon is quite serious, which is also the tone of the essay. He
takes the moon very seriously, as if it were divine ....
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